Final Flesh Workbook

Woot.

2800+ words

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175 photographs, images, graphs, vector art files and graphicky things

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InDesign is now my friend

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a very long week of writing, structuring, re-writing, re-structuring, page layouts, and general fiddly page editing about 12 hours a day

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awesomely helpful print shop lady

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the workbook is finally finished.

development section excerpt that sums up book/the flesh project content:

"Eppie, and the Flesh story have grown over four months of intensive research of, and by design. As our understanding of taste, humanity, cultural values, and basic scientific data has deepened, so too has the complexity of our design. These images on the following pages illustrate the development of the flesh project from provocative yet basic ideas that sparked imagination to fully resolved designed concepts that illustrate just how beautiful our future could be. This is flesh."

process:

alot of writing and mindmapping to structure idea>

more research to back up initial biology, chemistry, sociology, psychology, language and culture, cannibalism etc, this time on genetics to develop how we will manifest the Eppie idea in people>

developing into linear workbook friendly format > INDESIGN used for document layout and editing, many many battles with indesign but we appear to have resolved our differences and managed to finish in time. >

more restructuring >

more re-writing >

many many many fiddly photoshop image and illustrator graphic issues tweaked. >

proof-reading >

individual numbering pages which was so much fun because indesigns auto page numberer failed on me. >

final editing process (Meredith and Scott read through workbook around 30 times on Sunday night being as picky as humanly possible until both lose their minds.)

Page examples below

hard copy handed in and link to download pdf on www.flesh2090.com website

Groups contribution

Scott - Research, writing, editing, structuring argument, page layout and design, photography, some basic photoshop, capture and compositing of internal anatomy images, vector graphic tweaking, exporting fun, and 5 awesomely fun runs to the printshop and back to school on print day (4 because of multiple file exporting issues, 5th running due to excitement of project finally being potentially complete :) )

Meredith - Proof reading! We did this MANY times. help with page layout and design, and tweaking of vector graphics. Photoshopping of final images and help with tweaking other images to match tone of book, research - conducted two of the interviews.

Kevin - Vector graphics in illustrator for contexts/phenotype section, and cover page patterns

Cam and Ron - Outdoor context photography and editing, help with final image photoshopping

Byron M - Rendering of Eppie for life cycle section and help with research and writing of scientific grounding for life cycle.

method graphic working..

idea for background graphics

give us a hand

hey guys heres another suggestion of skeletal structure, if youve got any feedback on how this could be included or captured for our book/website let me know as ill need to wrap it up by midday tomorrow.

start on how diagram could work

Shoot Planning

continuation of the growth patterns of our slugs

good news

ive got 6 people from theatre school meeting with me at 2.30 thursday avo in studio. Ill probably need a hand. If weve got some work to show them then bring it along thursday

how the boys might fit together according to stripes

ways that our slugs could become modular, trying to be deliberate with how we place the slugs in relation to each other

Team Meeting

Thursday after hand in.

Final Presentation - looking at video and stills -

• video of a traditional couple, looking at communication and honesty, but also needs to be to the extreme, of emotion and expression.
• Integrated first person experience through the website
• Series of stills of intergenerational communication, and communication between non-social norms

Ross liked the leeches.  we need to know what we want to compose.  look at how we pull it off the skin.  CRAFT - with material, and people.

Associated Experts

Paul Hillier - Photography; Technical Staff, School of Architecture

We had three meetings with Paul Hillier to consult him about tone and lighting our photography. He granted us access to his camera and studio and we shot the majority of our photos over three days. He helped us with the camera settings, and spatial and technical set up to shoot skin tones.



Anne Galloway – Anthropology; Senior Lecturer, School of Design

Anne Galloway gave us some avenues to explore how different cultures interpret the different parts of the body, and cannibalism. We had initial email contact and then verbal discussion a couple of times for this project.



Celine Reisser - Marine Biologist/Geneticist, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Sciences

We have talked to Celine about the wider implications of changing human eating patterns and the possibility of editing our genes to grow extra features.



Aaron Williamson - Chef de partie, Martin Bosley's Restaurant

Has provided expertise on chemical reactions used to create different mediums to present foods on the body.

brief description of experiments

Experiment trace

The trace of an introduced, digitally engineered mirco organism reacts chemically to the bodies surface. The substance created enhances communication through a sensory experience.
Electrical signals from the brain determine the movement of the organism through the feelings experienced while in the virtual world.

Experiment leech

A biologically engineered skeletal structure that attaches itself to the body and using the bodies nutrients, grows a flesh to be consumed by others.

Experiment texture

Exploration of digitally created surface textures that reflect topographies of the human skin. The textures look to express a specific relationship to the human body, growing out of the persons skin pores.

Title Image?

GOLD.

Thursday's shoot

A few of the shots we got yesterday, we're now 3 days and 11gb into shooting, is there anything else we still need?

Slugs are Byron W's work. Photography by Scott. Shot composition - Meredith & Scott













Hexagon shape designs are Kevin's work

Yesterday's Shoot

Just a few of the shots we got from yesterdays shoot, shooting more today to get anything we've missed or want to frame slightly differently

Hexagon design is Kevin's work. Photography and editing by Scott. Shot composition - Meredith & Scott

modular pattern made from gelatine sheets. when wet turns to jelly